swearing by democracy...

It is an utmost truth that democracy is of the people, for the people and by the people. But in the name of democracy, the so called representatives of people of our nation are leaving no stone unturned to fetch their vote banks in the upcoming election. All the politicos and their parties are going gaga over their plans and intentions. They are indulging in big promises, swears, proclamations and what not regarding the development of the nation. These politicians swear by their manifestoes wherein they have put down their plans, intentions, policies and many more for the betterment of the nation. However, when the time comes for the implementation of their manifestoes, they just discard them and start doing their own things of profit-making. This is an unfortunate scenario, a status quo, of our nation which lies in the hands of some parasites.

During election days, the leaders and scions of different political parties try to outwit one another to grasp the attention of the public. This is the peak season of showering lies to the public in which they are adept at. One party proclaims to be secular, another assures to uplift their community and other promises to fight for the plight of the marginalised section of the country. The formation of alliances and the breakup of the same are the common scenario during election days. Giving ‘gaalis’(rebukes) to one another before the poll and clasping the same people during post poll are the common features  in this nation. There exist many more similar features like the above mentioned. The dirty games of this sect of people to gain the control of the nation are still on the run.

Even if we, the people, know the politics designed and played by these politicos still we are not in a position to confront them. The basic cause of this is that we are left with limited options to choose from when balloting. One sees the same set of candidates contesting the election again and again, moreover, who have broken our trust for end number of times. There are restricted numbers of newcomers in this field. Although our land needs some budding and zealous leaders yet the older ones are restricting the growth of these buds. However, we cannot deny the fact that there are some quarters of youngsters and dedicated leaders in our political system that can bring about a change in a positive way. Even though the quarters are in a lesser quantity, still our citizen should try to encourage young leaders who can lead India in a far better way.

 Let us keep our fingers crossed for this upcoming Lok Sabha election and hope that this time; some apt leaders come for our rescue from the clutches of the existing parasites (withal, it is a hypothetical statement). But to hope for the best, we have to be participatory enough and this means that come what may, we should not waste our adult franchise.  At least, one has the option to choose the best among the worst !  Thus, we should try to clinch back our right to breathe freely in an open air; we must strive for the best and help one another to climb the ladder of development sooner. And last but not the least; we should try to create a system where the genuine meaning of democracy is given deference.

conflicting feelings...

Can human exist sans feelings? Fortunately or unfortunately, man is destined to live with the feelings of various natures. These feelings are commonly known to us as emotions. And emotions can hardly be controlled .It is this trait of human which distinguishes us from any other animal. We, human beings, often tend to flow with these intense feelings. When one overflows with the emotions, one forgets one’s existence in this mighty world and starts living in one’s created world. This is where most of the people make their lives miserable.

Controlling one’s feelings towards anything or anyone is one such technique to smoothly run one’s life. Even if one knows this fact one is tempted to flow with them. Although our thinking faculty reminds us continuously about the consequences we might face yet we go with the desires created by these feelings. And there comes the conflict between one’s mind and heart. It is obvious that the brain wants to curb the emotions but the heart says the opposite. This conflict between them leaves a man in a confused state and makes him remember the phrase ‘reality bites’. As our thinking lobe always reminds us the reality and keeps conferring us to leave the platonic world but who will tell to this lonely heart?! It’s really hard for it to digest the reality. Thus, the conflict goes on and on....

By the way, what if one exist sans emotions? Well, if this was the condition, then there would be no more conflict feelings and every single being would be leading a life with no ups and downs in it. One would be governed by only logical thoughts without emotions that come out straight from one’s mind. Practically, it means telling one’s heart to indulge in an abortion of all the emotions that it might give birth to. Ultimately, becoming a callous person with no feelings of any single being existing in this planet. However sans these intense feelings, there will be no twists and turns in one’s life which indeed is the real taste of life. Even if one abominates the conflict between the two, one has to learn to live with it and has to make a choice among those conflicting feelings. And there is always a choice in life though it might hit one really hard to accept it.

Is this life?...

"Time is limited, live your own life ,not someone else's life", says every advisor. However, the stark reality of life has something else to say. Man as a social animal has to abide by the so-called laws of a society. And when one tries to go against this code of life, it makes hue and cry over it. Ultimately, one falls under the clutches of this cruel society and gets a cut in one's free wing .

As one gets an insight into the benefits gained by the society through trimming one's wing of freedom, one is astonished to learn that there are no such benefits which they gain. This grouping of individuals which we have named as society does nothing other than hindering in one's growth. It does such things only to hide its own shortcomings.

Despite knowing all these barbarisms of this insensitive society, yet some sect of people are unable to go against the norms of it. And if one goes against the codes set by them then he/she is being called as insensitive towards his/her family. One can tolerate anything but not a word against one's family. Family is such an institution where one has to have a second thought of any new step he/she wants to take up. It is essential to review one's thought when it comes to family . We ,Indians, like western cannot think to live on our own without family by our sides. It is this emotional attachment that one finds hard to break off from and then one feels the need to review his/her doings which may go against the family.

Saying everyone to live life on their own is not difficult but it indeed is a difficult task to live on our own. One cannot detach oneself from the bonds with the so-called society that easily even if one is willing. That is where one lives not his/her life but someone else's. And try to find his/her happiness in other's life. Living a life which is not yours is christened as a life by the society in this stage where we all perform our acts till our death . Truly, " All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players."